guest appearance by kiss felt unnecessary and con ##tri ##ved . robert shear ##man and lars pearson , in their book wanting to believe : a critical guide to the x @ - @ files , millennium & the lone gunmen , rated " . . . thirteen years later " one star out of five . shear ##man felt that the episode had the potential to be much better , but that " the whole concept drown ##s in over ##kill " . he considered the episode ' s characters to too shallow and its commentary to be too heavy @ - @ handed to fully execute anything meaningful ; criticism was also level ##led at the guest roles by the members of kiss . = new
guest appearance by kiss felt unnecessary and contrived. robert shearman and lars pearson, in their book wanting to believe : a critical guide to the x @ - @ files, millennium & the lone gunmen, rated "... thirteen years later " one star out of five. shearman felt that the episode had the potential to be much better, but that " the whole concept drowns in overkill ". he considered the episode's characters to too shallow and its commentary to be too heavy @ - @ handed to fully execute anything meaningful ; criticism was also levelled at the guest roles by the members of kiss. = new